Gibbon’s extra-corporeal oxygenator consisted of two pumps, one pushing blood through the artificial lung, the other through the body’s arteries. The oxygenator (also known as the film oxygenator) was an arrangement of stainless steel layers which made up a large surface area over which oxygen was blown. The blood was pumped over these screens, where [...]

BDD commonly leads to hospitalization. Hospitalization occurs for a variety of reasons, including depression due to BDD, accidents, a suicide attempt, or because unsuccessful medical or surgical treatment spurs suicidal thoughts or plans. Nearly 40% of the people in my studies have been psychiatrically hospitalized. Twenty-six percent attributed at least one psychiatric hospitalization primarily to [...]

Heredity There is no doubt that migraine is a familial disorder. Estimates of how frequently it runs in families will depend on how widely the term ‘family’ is extended. Even restricted to close (first-degree) relatives such as parents, siblings and children, it is still over 50 per cent more common within than outside the family. Indeed, [...]

The state of your abdominal muscles and the changes that they have to go through are of major concern during pregnancy and in the recovery period afterwards. To be able to accommodate the size of the pregnant uterus the abdominal muscles have to stretch by an incredible amount. This becomes particularly noticeable towards the end [...]

ONE WEEK The clock is ticking, but don’t despair; there’s plenty that you can do in just seven days to make your skin the very best in can be. The magic word here is ‘exfoliation’ and granular scrubs, pore cleansing clay masks and glycolic and salicylic acid do the job like no other. An effective [...]

There are many pains whose cause is not known. If a diligent search has been made in the periphery and no cause is found, we have seen that clinicians act as though there was only one alternative. They blame faulty thinking, which, for many classical-thinking doctors, is the same as saying that there is no [...]

There is a certain limit, however, beyond which one should not go in allowing his reason to dominate his sense of beauty. That is the point at which one has to suppress certain physical repulsions. One should never think of marrying anyone, regardless of his or her character, unless one feels an almost instinctive comfort [...]

HEATHER REMEDY: Self-centred. Always concerned with his own problems. Always talking of his own ailments. Has no time to listen to others. Makes a nuisance of himself, forcing others to listen to his constant prattle. Is shunned by friends. Becomes desperate when left alone without any listener. HOLLY REMEDY: Hatred, jealousy, envy distrust, the very [...]

Bones provide strength, stability, and flexibility. They are shaped in such a way to allow you to flex and extend. There are four bones around the knee. The femur, also known as the thigh bone, is the longest, largest, and strongest bone in the body. The femur runs down from the pelvis to the knee [...]

Lack of Enzymes When food enters the stomach it needs enzymes to help to break it down. If there is a deficiency of these substances then the small intestine has to cope with food which has not passed through the initial stages of digestion. The result is discomfort from wind and bloating. Taking supplements of [...]